Hi Wolfgang,

> Does that mean that all previously distributed EXE etc become
> invalid??????
>
> Don't make me nervous, man!

Windows will stop accepting SHA-1 code-signed files that are time stamped
AFTER 1 January 2016. SHA-1 code-signed files time stamped by an RFC 3161
Time Stamp Authority BEFORE 1 January 2016 will be accepted until such time
when Microsoft decides SHA-1 is vulnerable to pre-image attack.

Friedrich